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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A small Southern California city has sued the makers of the popular Sriracha-brand hot pepper sauce, saying tear-inducing odors emanating from its chili processing plant in town are creating a public nuisance. Irwindale officials said they plan to ask a Los Angeles County judge on Thursday for a court order forcing Huy Fong Foods to immediately halt production of Sriracha (pronounced sir-RAH-chah) at its chili factory while review of the case continues. The lawsuit, filed on Monday, says the company has denied a problem exists and refused to take action to abate fumes powerful enough to prompt some "residents to move outdoor activities indoors and even to vacate their residences temporarily to seek relief.

Consider for a moment Chicago as a stage, and standing behind the curtain are a cast of familiar dishes, ready to capture our attention. Burgers were all the fuss for a hot minute, barbecue got the call a few summers back, then doughnuts last year. Now, it's time for the fried chicken song and dance. Parson's Chicken & Fish in Logan Square and Honey Butter Fried Chicken in Avondale are the two highest-profile openings this year. Both have earned (deservedly, we think) its long wait times to sample their chicken.

The five restaurants below have contributed to 239 years of ribs served in our city. Think about that. It's enough barbecue sauce to fill Lake Michigan up to one's knees. Lucky for long-standing customers, these quintessential classic Chicago joints have bottled their sauces (available at respective restaurants) for your next grilling project. Smoke Daddy Original BBQ Sauce Thick, hearty with a slight grit, Smoke Daddy offers a complex dip featuring cumin and celery salt at the forefront.

Hot sauce has always been the sexiest condiment (unlike prudish ketchup or soy sauce, amiright ?). The ability to cause endorphin rushes or shock and awe palates is so attractive, local restaurants have developed their own recipes and are selling bottles retail. Here are four distinctly different takes on hot sauce - all locally conceived, all available for sale at their respective stores. Grandpa Hepler's The Angry Bull Hot Sauce from Grange Hall Burger Bar Angela Lee, the owner of Grange Hall Burger Bar (and neighboring Sushi Dokku and de cero)

Forget the tie and the socks this Father's Day. Give the Big D what he really hungers for. Go primal with our three B's: beef, bacon and bourbon. Unlike mom, who usually finds herself corsaged and cosseted at some cutesy Sunday brunch, dad has one basic, if often unspoken, wish for his day: "Leave me the heck alone. " Do just that. Let him groove on his solitude, be it on the golf course or the running trail or even on the La-Z-Boy in his man cave. "They say, 'Let me do what I want to do without the fun police checking in,'" says Kathleen Purvis, author of "Bourbon" (University of North Carolina Press, $18)

A Highland Park High School student is being charged as a juvenile after spiking a container of marinara sauce in the cafeteria lunch line with a fiery hot sauce that sent three people to the hospital, police said Wednesday. Now the school is installing a security camera in the cafeteria. Three cafeteria workers were treated May 14 by the school nurse before being sent to a hospital with symptoms including coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and skin rashes, Township School District 113 spokeswoman Natalie Kaplan said.

Bodacious barbecued chicken breasts Prep: 20 minutes Marinate: 20 minutes Cook: 15-22 minutes Servings: 4 Note: In their latest cookbook, "100 Grilling Recipes You Can't Live Without" (Harvard Common Press, $16.95), Bill and Cheryl Jamison describe this dish as a "fool-proof version of the all-American backyard classic: juicy chicken coated in sauce with a few charred and chewy edges. " Their secret? Using boneless, skinless breasts pounded to an even thickness so all portions are cooked through at the same time.

Among the most creative features in "Mac & Cheese" are the finger foods. " The recipe that will bring me immortality is the baked mac and cheese bites," author Ellen Brown says. Ditalini pasta are bound with thick sauce and egg yolk then baked in small muffin tins. Buffalo chicken mac and cheese Prep: 30 minutes Cook: 40 minutes Servings: 4 to 6 Note: This recipe from "Mac & Cheese," by Ellen Brown, is adapted from Rockit Bar and Grill. It combines two favorite bar foods of chefs James Gottwald and Amanda Downing, mac and cheese and Buffalo chicken.

Feb 24 (Reuters) - Paul McIlhenny, the chairman and chief executive of the Louisiana company that makes Tabasco brand pepper sauce, has died at age 68, the McIlhenny Co said on Sunday. McIlhenny died on Saturday, the family-owned company said in a news release that described him as "a true bon vivant" whose passions included hunting, fishing, wine-tasting and game cooking. He was a sixth-generation member of the McIlhenny family to live on Avery Island in the southern Louisiana bayou, and a fourth-generation member to produce pepper sauces sold worldwide under the Tabasco brand.